Aliaksei
Kulik, activist of the Belarusian LGBT community, was searched by the customs
officials while returning from Ukraine this morning.

According
to Aliaksei Kulik, he was forced to get off the train and spent three hours at
the customs. Meanwhile, the official paper says the search took only 15
minutes.

During the search,
the activist was asked to show the contents of his luggage, computer and flash
memory stick, as well as to strip to his underwear. As a result, the officials
failed to find any items prohibited for carrying across the border.

The customs
personnel said the official cause of the search was a, as those who frequently
travel across the border periodically undergo such a procedure. The activist was
warned of a possible repeat of such a procedure, if he was going to cross the
state border in future.